Not at all and once you understand why it's done, you see that it makes sense. ...No. Sounds like a waste of caps to me.
maillemaker, has posted some very good reasons why it's a good practice. It really clears the "MUD" out of the cone and nipple area. That is the whole objecting of doing this. I don't care how you clean or with what, you will always get a degree of "MUD". ...If you choose not to do it, you had better prepare for the eventuality of a misfire and have some other means to get the bullet out.
Hawg, Ya might want to explain why you do this? .....With my rifles I pop a cap and then fire a charge of loose powder.
I've had a cap go off on my C&B revolver but not the main charge once. I waited 15 or 20 seconds, scratched my head, poked through to the charge with a nipple pick, and put a fresh cap on. It fired and I went on with the rest of my day.Not at all and once you understand why it's done, you see that it makes sense. ...
Maillemakerl said:If you choose not to do it, you had better prepare for the eventuality of a misfire
Hawg, Ya might want to explain why you do this? .....
Is that needed or not?